Introduction: In Search of Working-Class Chicago -- 1. Rethinking Race in the Ethnic White Enclave -- 2. A Precious Corner of the World -- 3. Home, Sweet Home -- 4. For Country and Home -- Conclusion: The Last Garden -- App. In the Field
Summary
Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mothers, and office workers living in the stable working-class community known as Beltway
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index
